American Coal Council

The American Coal Council (ACC) is a peak industry association which describes its role as being to "advancing the development and utilization of American coal as an economic, abundant/secure and environmentally sound energy fuel source" and as a "resource for companies that mine, sell, trade, transport or consume coal."

The ACC was originally formed as the Western Coal Export Council in 1982 and renamed as the Western Coal Council in 1986. The American Coal Council name was adopted in 2002.

Staff

 * Janet Gellici, CEO
 * Jason Hayes, Communications Director
 * Teresa Coffer, Conference Director
 * Michele Rubin, Administrative Assistant

2008 Board of Directors

 * Bill Davison, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Foundation Energy
 * Matt Levar, General Manager Sales & Marketing, Rio Tinto Energy America
 * Tim Whelan, Vice President Sales, Alliance Coal LLC
 * Bud Walker, Regional Vice President, Fuels, Midwest Generation
 * Dan Lidisky, Manager Coal Supply & Business Development, AmerenEnergy
 * Jeff Wallace, Vice President Fuel Services, Southern Company
 * Steve Miller, President, COALTRADE, LLC
 * Dan Vaughn, Director Coal Services United Power/ICAP (2007-2008)
 * Bob Brautovich, AVP Coal Marketing-West BNSF Railway
 * Danny Smith, Senior VP Energy & Properties, Norfolk Southern Corporation
 * Jim Garrett, Plant Manager AEP MEMCO LLC
 * Mike Durham, President ADA-ES, Inc.
 * Scott Hutter, President & CEO, Martin Engineering

Members
On its website, the ACC lists its members as including:

Coal Suppliers

 * Alliance Coal, LLC
 * Alpha Natural Resources LLC
 * Arch Coal, Inc.
 * BHP Billiton
 * Carpenter Creek, LLC
 * Central Coal Company
 * Chevron Mining Inc.
 * Coal Marketing Company (USA), Inc.
 * CoalTek, Inc.
 * Commonwealth Coal Services, Inc.
 * Compass Coal Services, LLC
 * CONSOL Energy, Inc.
 * Drummond Company, Inc.
 * Evergreen Energy, Inc.
 * Foundation Energy Sales, Inc.
 * Glencore Ltd.
 * James River Coal Company
 * James River Coal Sales, Inc.
 * Kiewit Mining Group, Inc.
 * Murray Energy Corporation
 * Natural Resource Partners L.P.
 * NexGen Coal Services Ltd.
 * Peabody Energy
 * Progress Fuels Corporation
 * Rhino Energy
 * Rio Tinto Energy America
 * TECO Coal Corp.
 * The Cline Group
 * Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc.
 * Westmoreland Coal Sales Co.
 * Xcoal Energy & Resources

Coal Consumers

 * Alliant Energy
 * Ameren Energy Fuels & Services Co.
 * American Electric Power
 * Arizona Public Service
 * Basin Electric Power Cooperative
 * C N Rail
 * Cargill, Inc.
 * Constellation Energy
 * Dayton Power & Light Company
 * Dominion Energy
 * DTE Coal Services
 * E.ON U.S. LLC
 * Emery Energy
 * Entergy
 * FirstEnergy Generation Corp.
 * Gainesville Regional Utilities
 * Grain Processing Corporation
 * Great River Energy
 * Holcim (US) Inc./St. Lawrence Cement Co.
 * Indianapolis Power & Light Company
 * Intermountain Power Agency
 * Lakeland Electric
 * Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy
 * Lower Colorado River Authority
 * Luminant Energy
 * MidAmerican Energy Company
 * Midwest Generation EME, LLC
 * Minnesota Power
 * Newmont Mining Corporation
 * NRG Energy, Inc.
 * Omaha Public Power District
 * Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC)
 * PacifiCorp
 * Platte River Power Authority
 * Portland General Electric
 * PPL Energy Plus
 * Progress Energy
 * Public Service Company of New Mexico
 * Rentech
 * Salt River Project
 * SCANA Corp.
 * Southern Company
 * Tucson Electric Power Company
 * We Energies
 * Westar Energy
 * WPS Resource Corporation
 * Xcel Energy

Contact Details
1101 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20004 Tel: 202-756-4540 Fax:202-756-7323 Fax: 732-231-6581 Website: http: www.americancoalcouncil.org Website: http://www.clean-coal.info/drupal/index.php

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